Your Ring doorbell can now use Alexa+ to identify who’s calling and give them an appropriate greeting

• Alexa+ Greetings uses AI to generate custom responses for callers
• The assistant will identify who is at the door, and give a suitable reply
• It’s rolling out now to Alexa+ Early Access users in the US and Canada

Ring is launching a new AI assistant for those occasions when you can’t get to the door yourself, but a pre-recorded message won’t quite cut it. Alexa+ Greetings is rolling out today, and will give different responses depending on who’s calling, and which instructions you’ve given in advance.

For example, if you tell Alexa+ Greetings that you want packages left out of sight behind your shed, it will relay this message when it identifies a delivery person, and even handle follow-up questions (if the package requires a signature, for example, and will have to be returned to the depot).

It can also politely (or not so politely, if you’re so inclined) turn down cold callers and salespeople, or give a friendly greeting if it recognizes a friend or family member.

Alexa+ Greetings uses Ring Video Descriptions – a feature launched earlier this year that uses AI to analyze the event that’s triggered your video doorbell or security camera, and generates a short text notification so you don’t need to watch a video clip to understand what’s going on at home. If it’s something you were expecting, like the mailman or your kids arriving home from school, you can dismiss it without any further action.